Bruker PV6 guide

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Positions

  1. Location of the shim voxel. Preferably, the shim voxel should eb ~10% smaller, and the voxel boundaries should cross brain boundaries.
    Shimming can be performed using the anatomical scan, or a single repetition GE-EPI volume. A B0 map should be acquired before performing the shimming. SHIM package

  2. Slice pacakges. The first slice should just be at the end of the olfactory bulb. The last slice should be at the start of the cerebelum.
    Slice package

  3. The FOV saturation band (15 mm, not 4 mm as displayed below), should be located on the inferior boundaries of the slices. FOV package

Parameter cards

  1. Exemple parameter cards from PV6.
    TR, TE, n slice, FOV, read-out direction, matrix size
    1_card

    TR, TE, FA, FOV sat, Fat sat, dummies. Note the FA is set incorrectly.
    2_card
    FOV sat. Note the FOV sat band is set incorrectly. 3_card
    FOV, matrix size.
    4_card

    FOV, matrix size, slice gap, slice order, read-out direction.
    5_card

    Bandwidth. Note the bandwidth is set incorrectly.
    6_card

    Pulse detail. Note, can change from system to system
    7_card

    Power detail. Note, can change from system to system
    8_card
    Shim detail.
    9_card

Image outputs

  1. Left anatomical, right functional.
    1_outcome 2_outcome 3_outcome 4_outcome 5_outcome 6_outcome 7_outcome